Tuxedo eyes new charter school

TUXEDO — An informational meeting will be held at George Baker High School on Monday at 7:30 p.m. to discuss a new charter school proposal.

The school is the site of a purposed conversion charter school. Like other charter schools, it would be publicly funded. But it would remain accountable to the local school board.

“We’re breaking new ground in education in the mid-Hudson region and at the state level,” said Denis Petrilak, the group’s lead applicant, who is also principal at Baker.

The founding members of the proposed school hope that by making the switch to a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) charter school, Baker will be able to add to its enrollment of 330 students and bring in professionals from a variety of industries to teach part-time.